Comment: Investigating War Crimes
The West's new-found commitment to war crimes investigations risks being perceived as "victors' justice".
10 Nov 05
Albania
Hard Profit Overcomes Hard Feelings In Ex-Yugoslavia's Oil Industry
As leaders from across the Balkans, the EU, Russia and the United States ready for this weekend's meeting on an economic and political stability pact for the region, old ties still bind former enemies in at least one area.
10 Nov 05
Kosovo's New Masters Slow To Learn From Bosnia Experience
Heads of states who met Friday in Sarajevo to discuss a stability pact for the Balkans, will be ill-advised to use the West's experience in Bosnia as a model for Kosovo without a full and frank appraisal of their failures there.
10 Nov 05
Tribunal Defence Lawyers Reject Belgrade Journalist's Charges
Belgrade journalist Milovan Brkic alleges that Milosevic's secret police handpicked a team of defence lawyers to defend Serbs appearing before the Hague Tribunal but ordered them to bury evidence linking the regime to the crimes - even if that meant drivi
10 Nov 05
Comment: Serbia Seeks An Exit from History
Now the epoch of Milosevic is over – and it surely is – Serbs must learn to free themselves from the burden of history and the destructive desire to make and remake it, over and over again.
10 Nov 05
Croatia's Willingness To Tolerate Fascist Legacy Worries Many
Croatia's reluctance to deal firmly with the remnants of its World War II fascist history got another airing when a Croatian publisher brought out a reprint of Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler's pre-war book Mein Kampf.
10 Nov 05
Djukanovic On A Mission, Increasingly Far From Home
Montenegro's president is trying to reconcile Serbia's feuding political forces, while at home his fellow citizens make it clear they wish to be as close to Europe as possible - and as far as possible from Serbia.
10 Nov 05
Kosovo Journalists' Deep Suspicion Of OSCE Media Controls
An OSCE plan which seeks to build an environment for free media via initial strict regulation has raised fears of censorship among Kosovo journalists.
10 Nov 05
Opposition Leaders Beaten By Riot Police, Media Targeted
Police violence against anti-regime protestors in Belgrade escalated further on Thursday night, but opposition leaders are urging their followers to stand firm in the face of the batons.
10 Nov 05
Rough Tactics As Albanian Political Grandees Face Down Younger Challengers
Fatos Nano and Sali Berisha, two sworn enemies who are poles apart in Albanian politics, have both confronted challenges from their younger colleagues. The battle has been hard - and has already claimed one casualty.
10 Nov 05
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